And john bove



(No Model.)

0. DREIMILLER & J. BOVE. COIN OPERATED VENDING APPARATUS- Patented Aug.6, 1889.

l/VVE/VTORS 5 (a/M WITNESSES:

N PEYERS Phaln-Liflwgnphur, Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CASPAR DREIMILLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, AND JOHN BOVE, OF l'V ESTHOBOKEN, NEV JERSEY.

COIN-OPERATED VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,466, dated August6, 1889.

Application filed December 5, 1888. Serial No. 292,690. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CASPAR DREIMILLER, of Brooklyn, county of Kings,State of New York, and JOHN BOVE, of Vest l-Ioboken, county of Hudson,State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Coin-Operated Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved coin-operatedapparatus for antomatically delivering cigars and other a1 ticles topurchasers.

The invention consists of a spring-actuated revoluble drum, a coinoperated lever for regulating the revolutions of said drum, adrum-operated lever for controlling the action of the first-named leverby removing the coin therefrom, and suitable auxiliary mechanismcombined with these to produce the desired effects, all inclosed in asuitable case, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side elevation of our improved apparatus.Fig. 2 is a partlysectional elevation of the opposite side there of.Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same with the face of the apparatusremoved. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the drum-ring, showing thelever-operating bosses thereon. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing an end ofthe drum with bossed ring and the coin-operated and coindislodginglevers.

In the drawings, A represents the case of the apparatus, which may bechiefly of glass, that the mechanism and the articles to be vended maybe'readily seen from the outside, or may be of wood or metal. Preferablythe case will be chiefly of glass when it is de" signed for the vendingof cigars, which will always be introduced therein in their originalboxes.

Within the case, at a short distance from one side thereof, is fixed astandard "a, in which is journaled an end of the shaft 1),

whose opposite end, journaled in standard 0 at the opposite end of thecase, has secured on ita large cog-wheel B and a smaller one a. Thisshaft 1) also carries the deliverydrum B, in which are several (in thisinstance four) longitudinal grooves or depressions (1, each of which isfit to receive a cigar or other small article. About that end of thesaid drum nearest the standard a is secured a ring D, on which areformed bosses f, equidistant from each other and equal in number to thedrum-grooves cl, which bosses are designed to make contact with and movethe coin-dislodging lever as said drum revolves, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth; and in the periphery of this end of the drum B areseveral sockets p, of equal number with the grooves d.

J ournaled in a side of the case Ais a shaft g, whose outer end,projecting outside the case, is fashioned so that a key may be appliedto turn it, and on this said shaft is secured a ratchet h and cog-wheelO, within which latter is a coiled spring k, (shown in Fig. 2,) which iswound up by turning said shaft with a key. A pawl Z, fixed in properposition, engages with the ratchet h, to hold it when the spring is isbeing wound up.

The cog-wheel 0 gears with the small cogwheel a on shaft b; hence whenthe shaft g is turned by the key (not shown) the shaft 1) is alsorevolved, and the cog-wheel B, being geared into the cog-wheel m, fixedon shaft on, causes the cog-wheel n on same shaft to revolve, and thecog-wheel n, gearing with cog-wheel 0 on shaft 0', causes the latter andits regulating-fan 0 to revolve.

The coin-operated leverE, with finger 7' on one end, is pivoted withinthe case, so that its said finger is normally engaged in a drumsocket pand is held therein by a spring 7'', to prevent the drum from revolvinguntil said lever is disengaged by the introduced coin. Near this lever Eand above it is another lever F, designed to move in a horizontal 5plane. One end of this lever F is extended contact with said lever andso move it that its free end will strike the introduced coin, anddislodging it from the lever E will enable the said lever E to return toits normal position of holding the drum from further revolving, whilethe coin will fall into the receptacle H.

A Variety of small articles may be vended by this apparatus; butpreferably it is herein shown as arranged for the vending of cigars. Abox L containing cigars L is introduced into the case at the top, (oneend of the box being first removed) so that the cigars shall rest on thedrum B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the lower cigar in one of thedrum-grooves d. The spring k and drum being wound up, they are heldstationary by the lever E. A coin, as 0, Figs. 1 and 3, dropped into theslot 3 will fall upon the free end of the lever E and release it fromthe drum B, which will then be put in revolution by the action of thespring k. As the drum revolves, a boss f makes contact with the lever Fand moves it to push the coin from off the lever E, and at the same timethe cigar in the drum-groove falls into the drawer V, from which it maybe taken. The coin falls from lever E into the receptacle H, whence itmay be removed on opening the slide or door P, and the lever E, beingrelieved from the weight of the coin, immediately engages its finger inthe next approaching drum-socket p and arrests for the time the furtherrevolution of the drum. This operation may be repeated so long as thereare any cigars or other suitable articles to be delivered by the drum,and so long as suitable coins are introduced into the case to fall uponthe lever E.

The fan 0 in revolving serves to regulate or moderate the speed of thedrums revolutions, and the coiled spring Q serves to hold the drawer Vclosed, or to close it when it has been opened and released.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A coin-actuatedvending apparatus constructed, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, with a spring-actuated verticallyrevoluble drum provided withsurface grooves 0r depressions for holding and delivering articles to bevended, with peripheral sockets for the engagement of the coin-actuatedlever and with a ring having bosses for operating the coin-dislodginglever, a coin-actuated drum-releasing lever, a coin-dislodging lover, asuitable train of gearing, an actuatingspring, and a regulating-fan, allarranged and operating substantially as set forth.

2. In a coin-actuated vending apparatus, the combination, with acoin-actuated lever, of a lever adapted and arranged to be moved todislodge the coin from the first-named lever, substantially as hereinshown and described.

3. The combination, with the spring-actuated revoluble drum B, havinggrooves (1, adapted to receive and deliver articles to be vended andprovided with sockets p and bosses f, of arresting-lever E anddislodginglever F, all constructed and arranged substantially as hereinshown and described.

4. In a coin-operated vending apparatus, the spring-actuated revolubledrum having grooves d, adapted to receive and deliver articles to bevended and provided with sockets p and bosses f, substantially as hereinshown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set out hands,in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of November, 1888.

oAsPAR DREIMILLER. JOHN BOVE.

\Vitnesscs.

JAcoB J. STORER, CHAS. H. Lorr.

